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"Isn't it nice not to cut this paragraph?"

"It's not good at all, it doesn't match the whole at all, and you won't be able to use it in the end if you stay. ”

“…… Well, you have the final say!"

"This flying car lens is so sharp, Ke Shouliang personally went into battle, right? Tsk, you are really good at picking people. ”

……

In the editing room of "The Birth of a Word", borrowed from a film color printing company, in which Chen Jialuo and Mai Zishan often have their own opinions.

"Hong Kong's No. 1 Scissors", at some times, Chen Jialuo also had to make concessions. This guy started making film editing in the 70s, and there was a time when there were no big-budget movies in Hong Kong, and there were more than 50 films a year, of which more than 30 were edited by him.

With such qualifications and superb lens cognition, in many cases, he can suppress Chen Jialuo, the director.

"The Birth of a Word" is not like the previous "A Chinese Ghost Story" or "Prison Storm", at this time of filming, it was basically cut while shooting, and it was busy until late every day, in order to be able to do this movie well one day earlier.

In the editing room, Chen Jialuo crossed his feet and asked, "By the way, Maizi, I heard that you also have a good relationship with Wu Yusen?"

"Hmm, you want to dig him?" Mai Zishan glanced at Chen Jialuo curiously and quipped.

Although everyone already knows that Wu Yusen and Xu Meng are a little unhappy, with Wu Yusen's current qualifications and achievements, Chen Jialuo is not qualified to win over at all. Even if you bring it in as a partner, you have to see if people are willing to do it!

"I didn't even think about this, but I heard someone else mention it on the set that day, saying that you and Wu Yusen are old partners and have a good relationship, so gossip. Chen Jialuo smiled.

This is not a rumor, Mai Zishan and Wu Yusen are indeed old friends who have a good relationship.

That was 1970, Mai Zishan was 19 years old, and Wu Yusen was 24 years old. At that time, they were all on the set of Shaw Brothers, Hong Kong's largest film "Shaolin Temple". Mai Zishan and Wu Yusen were both Zhang Che's apprentices. Wu Yusen is the assistant director, and Mai Zishan is the assistant editor.

"At that time, I was very poor, and my apprenticeship was 300 yuan a month, which is equivalent to 50 yuan now. I gave 200 yuan to my mother at home, and kept the remaining 100 yuan for myself, and 60 of the 100 yuan were used to watch the movie. I'm richer than John. Because he only made a film for 600 yuan, and it took two months to shoot a film. I was in the editing room, and his work was much harder than mine, and he was out there all day, in the wind and sun. ”

Looking at Mai Zishan's reminiscence and a little proud, Chen Jialuo laughed and said: "You editors are really comfortable, but being a director is the only way to pull the wind! Look at the current Wu Yusen, it's different from the past!"

At that time, there were a lot of Western movies in the cinema. They took notes in the dark and studied the shots.

They look at Sam Peckinfa – that's where Wu Yusen's slow-motion and freeze-motion come from.

Look at Melville - Zhou Yanfa's trench coat style comes from Alain Delon in Melville's "The Lone Killer".

Later, some scenes in "Across the Seas" pay direct homage to Truffauut's "Ancestors and Occupations".

At that time, almost every director's idol was Akira Kurosawa, and so was Wu Yusen, who always wanted to make a movie like "Seven Samurai".

In Mai Zishan's view, Wu Yusen is the most diligent assistant director he has ever seen on the Shaw Brothers set.

"At that time, I was making movies, and I liked to go drinking when I finished work. John went less. First of all, he has no money in his pocket. Also, my master Zhang Che never went into the editing room when filming. After he finished filming, John sorted out the footage of the day's shooting. Often tidying up late. I'm still there late. He sat there and did not eat. He was very thin and had long hair at that time. Seeing his pitiful appearance, I took out the soda crackers I had left: Hey, you eat, you eat. That's when our friendship was established. So I say that our friendship is that of soda cookies. ”

Mai Zishan sighed: "Shaw Brothers is our campus. ”

"Director Zhang Che is indeed a generation of grandmasters. But Sir Shao is also really powerful. The original Shaw Brothers, and now TVB, have always been the Whampoa Military Academy in the entertainment industry. Chen Jialuo sighed.

"If you say that, you are one of the most dazzling officers out of the list. Mai Zishan laughed and said: "Wu Yusen was the youngest director in Hong Kong at that time, you came out and grabbed this title directly, and you are also the youngest best director in Hong Kong!"

Wu Yusen made his first film "Passerby" at the age of 26, and he was the youngest director in Hong Kong at that time. But this movie had twists and turns, first it couldn't be released, and then it couldn't sell.

But Hou Guanchang, the boss of Golden Harvest, saw his potential from the movie and signed him as a basic director, and "Passerby" was also renamed "Iron Man Tenderness" for release.

Thinking about the time when I came out of TVB and plunged into Xinyi City, I was able to direct "Mong Kok Night" immediately, I was 23 or 4 years old at the time, and the movie was released very easily, compared to Wu Yusen, I did have a lot of luck.

However, Chen Jialuo almost ruined his future if he lost one film, and Wu Yusen lost money on many dramas, but Hou Guanchang and they still supported him to continue filming, which is the difference between Xinyicheng and Golden Harvest under different modes.

However, the current climate of Hong Kong films is comedy and action movies. Many of the films Wu Yusen made at Golden Harvest were comedies, which made him feel bored.

Later, the reason why he left Golden Harvest and went to Xinyicheng was because Xinyicheng promised him to shoot a movie he wanted to shoot.

I have to say that the two old friends are considered to have become top figures in their own industries. One is a super-selling word-of-mouth director, and the other is Hong Kong's No. 1 scissors.

And the funny thing is that the two are frustrated at the same time. This year's Wu Yusen, because of the unhappiness with Xu Qing, has not planned to make any movies. Mai Zishan's career was also not going well, but fortunately, Chen Jialuo pulled a hand and joined the Red Flower Society.

"Let's go, what do you invite me to eat today?" The editing work was completed, and after chatting with Chen Jialuo for a long time, Mai Zishan stretched his waist.

"Actually, I'm curious to see if John and you collide, whose movie is better. ”

"Please eat brisket. As for the movie, I won't be surprised if I bump into anyone, it's a big deal that the box office won't sell well. ”

Basically, as long as he works late at night, Chen Jialuo pays for supper.

Mai Zishan raised his eyebrows and said, "Your mentality is very good. ”

The two collaborated on "A Chinese Ghost Story 2", and Mai Zishan recognized Chen Jialuo, the best young director. As for whether the other party really has such a good mentality, I don't know, but if the pioneering work of the Red Flower Club does not sell well or has a bad reputation, I am afraid that no matter how good the mentality is, it will also be hit!

"Being a director is really more tiring than us editing, you and John are the kind of directors who are too hardworking. ”

Regarding Mai Zishan's emotion, Chen Jialuo nodded and said: "Yes, it's tiring to be a director!"